Spat at by a naked dancer: St-Pierre's Un Peu de Tendresse
In its crass attempt to shock, this Sadler's Wells show provided the most unpleasant moment I've experienced in the theatreWe all knew that the Dave St-Pierre show Un Peu de Tendresse, Bordel de Merde! was going to be one of those would-be transgressive, boundary-testing affairs. Since Hans van Manen's Mutations in 1970, and more recently the work of Pina Bausch, Michael Clark and others, nudity has been an on-off fe…